21st Century Local Government

Final Report

• Full Report
• Letter to the Citizens of New York State
• Recommendations in Brief
• Executive Summary
• Comprehensive List of Commission Recommendations
• Savings Estimates

Commission Briefs

• Prior Local Government Commissions
• Local Government Reform Efforts in Other States
• Number of Local Governments
• Public Library Service
• Vital Statistics Registration Districts
• Local Public Health Administration
• Municipal Civil Service Commissions
• Consolidation Procedures
• Villages with a Population Below 500
• City-Town Consolidation and the Surrounding Legal Issues
• Municipal Consolidation and Collective Bargaining
• County Dissolution
• Constitutional Change Recommendations
• Strengthening Home Rule
• Modernize & Rationalize Taxation and Finance Powers
• Expand Service Sharing Powers
• Proposed Studies of Municipal Classification & Powers
• Shared Services
• Local Government Efficiency Grants
• Examples of Potential 21st Century Demonstration Projects
• Regional and County Jails
• Fire Protection in New York State
• Highway Services
• Developing Intermunicipal Arrangements for Highway Services
• Local Economic Development
• Tax Base Sharing
• Reorganization Powers of the Commissioner of Education
• School District Consolidation in Other States
• Regional Collective Bargaining for School Pay and Benefit Scales
• BOCES Back-Office Services
• Local Government Finances
• Mandate Relief
• Municipal Employee Health Insurance Contributions
• Cooperative Health Insurance Purchasing
• Elections and Voter Participation
• Conversion of Elected Local Offices
• Reforming New York's Election System

Maps

• Population Change 1950 - 2005
• Population Density 2005

Consultant Studies

• Observations from Three City-Town Groups in Upstate New York
• Layering of Local Governments & City-County Mergers
• Constitutional Considerations in Local Government Reform